Salt On a Wound

I found the following information under the caption Food Porn in a little publication called Nutrition Action Healthletter, Dec. 2008.

"Sweet and salty, a twist on hot chocolate." That's how the Starbucks Web site describes its new Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, which is "topped with whipped cream, a swirl of caramel and a sprinkle of our sea salt topping...."

That Starbucks! Always looking out for our [health] interest. Another company might stick with just one hot 500-plus-calorie beverage that delivers a day's saturated fat and sugar (its grande Signature Hot Chocolate).

Not the coffee giant. Why stop with a Big Mac's worth of bad stuff when you can add some salt to stir up our blood pressure??

Okay, that's an exaggeration. A grande (16 oz.) Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate has "only" 300 milligrams of sodium--a fraction of the Big Mac's 1,040 mg. But its 620 calories beat the Big Mac's 540, and its saturated fat (19 grams) makes the Big Mac (10 grams) look like a veggie burger.

What's more, a Big Mac comes in just one size, while you can balloon the hot chocolate to 760 calories and 22 grams of saturated fat merely by uttering the word "venti" (20 oz.) when you order.

Best of all, the calories in a hot chocolate (or any beverage) won't curb your appetite like the calories in a Big Mac would. So an hour later, you can dig into a snack or sandwich--or an entire meal--as if the hot chocolate had never happened.

Of course, some parts of you will remember...say, the fat-infused walls of your arteries and the place where your waist used to be.

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